2018 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Pneumonitis in Heart Transplant Patients Started on a Proliferation Signal Inhibitor
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.
Purpose: Proliferation signal inhibitors(PSI) have a high discontinuation rate due to side effects. PSI induced pneumonitis has been reported in 14% in renal cell carcinoma…2018 American Transplant Congress
Macrophage Depletion of RCMV-Latently Infected Allografts Ameliorates Accelerated Chronic Cardiac Rejection
1Abdominal Organ Transplantation, OHSU, Portland, OR; 2VGTI, OHSU, Portland, OR.
PurposeLatent donor rat cytomegalovirus (RCMV) infection accelerates chronic rejection (CR) in a heterotopic rat heart transplant model. RCMV latency is associated with an influx of…2018 American Transplant Congress
IVIG Induction May Be Helpful in Highly Sensitized Patients after Heart Transplantation
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.
Purpose: Strategies for sensitized patients undergoing heart transplant include post-op anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) induction therapy as well as intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG). We sought to assess…2018 American Transplant Congress
Heart and Lung Transplantation Outcomes in HIV-Positive Recipients
Purpose: Data for HIV+ patients receiving heart (HT) or lung transplantation (LT) are limited but appear to demonstrate acceptable outcomes. We aimed to add to…2018 American Transplant Congress
Left Ventricular Assist Devices Complicated by Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Outcomes on Transplant
Internal Medicine, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit.
Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD) are becoming the standard of care in advanced heart failure patients. However, despite ongoing advances in this technology, there remains…2017 American Transplant Congress
Sequential Surgical Strategy for Heart-Kidney Transplantation.
Purpose: To describe a unique sequential surgical strategy for heart-kidney transplantation.Methods: We reviewed all 6 patients who received combined heart-kidney transplants at our institution between…2017 American Transplant Congress
Routine Surveillance of Heart Transplant Recipients with Gene Expression Profiling: Lack of an Impact of Race on Outcomes.
Purpose: Patients of African descent have been reported to have less favorable outcomes after heart transplantation than patients of European descent. However, the impact of…2017 American Transplant Congress
In the Modern Era, Cytomegalovirus Does Not Appear to Increase Intimal Thickening After Heart Transplantation.
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles
Background: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) has been associated with the subsequent development of cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) after heart transplantation. In the more recent era, CMV has…2017 American Transplant Congress
Does the Model for End Stage Liver Disease (MELD) Score Predict Outcome in Total Artificial Heart Patients?
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles
The total artificial heart (TAH) is being used for biventricular failure in patients with severe heart disease. Patients(pts) who have received a left ventricular assist…2017 American Transplant Congress
Simultaneous Heart and Kidney Transplant vs Heart Transplant: Single Center Review of Candidate Selection and List Management.
Background: Increasing numbers of patients with advanced heart and kidney failure undergo simultaneous heart kidney transplant (SHK). Selection criteria in patients with non-dialysis dependent kidney…
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